{"conversationCode":"432-018","tapeNumber":432,"conversationNumber":18,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-432-018","startDateTime":"1973-05-02T16:55:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-02T18:22:00.000Z","startDate":"2-May-1973","startTime":"12:55 PM","endDate":"2-May-1973","endTime":"2:22 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On May 2, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:55 pm and 2:22 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 432-018 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"EOB","recordingDevice":"Old Executive Office Building","latitudeEstimated":38.897567,"longitudeEstimated":-77.039147,"chronCode":"5.5","chronRelease":"Fifth Chronological Release: Part V","chronReleaseDate":"21-Aug-2013","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 432-18\n\nDate: May 2, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 12:59 pm and 2:22 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\f                                               -18-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n                                                              Conversation No. 432-18 (cont’d)\n\n[See Conversation No. 45-145]","filename":["432-018.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"432-017","nextCode":"432-019","transcript":[{"start":0.3,"end":1.05,"text":"that we're creating."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a brief communication through the White House operator to place an outgoing call. The interaction serves as a routine administrative step to facilitate a connection for the President. No substantive policy discussions or significant political developments are captured in this brief exchange.","topics":["White House operations","Presidential communications","Administrative procedures"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T19:45:56.207Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-operations","presidential-communications","administrative-procedures"],"audioDurationSec":8,"audioFiles":[{"file":"432-018.mp3","bytes":260096,"durationSec":8.01,"bitrate":259663,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:04.105Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:39.451Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/432-018.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/432-018","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/432/conversation-432-018","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}